ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2014
Blood spot-based measures of glucose homeostasis and diabetes prevalence in a nationally representative population of young US adults.
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- Postal methods for monitoring HbA1c in diabetes mellitus: a protocol for systematic review.BJGP open · 2022Article
- Social status differences in allostatic load among young adults in the United States.SSM - population health · 2021Article
- Life-course trajectories of body mass index from adolescence to old age: Racial and educational disparities.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- The use of dried blood spots for characterizing children's exposure to organic environmental chemicals.Environmental research · 2021Review
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- Cohort Profile: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health).International journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
- Contraceptive Use Among Women with Prediabetes and Diabetes in a US National Sample.Journal of midwifery & women's health · 2019Article
- Comorbid hypertension and diabetes among U.S. women of reproductive age: Prevalence and disparities.Journal of diabetes and its complications · 2018Article
- Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Diagnosis and Glycemic Control Among Women of Reproductive Age.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2018Article
- Risk factors for pre-diabetes and diabetes in adolescence and their variability by race and ethnicity.Preventive medicine · 2018Article
- Wide educational disparities in young adult cardiovascular health.SSM - population health · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeWe investigated understudied biomarker-based diabetes among young US adults, traditionally characterized by low cardiovascular disease risk.
methodsWe examined 15,701 participants aged 24 to 32 years at Wave IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health, 2008). The study used innovative and relatively noninvasive methods to collect capillary whole blood via finger prick at in-home examinations in all 50 states.
resultsAssays of dried blood spots produced reliable and accurate values of HbA1c. Reliability was lower for fasting glucose and lowest for random glucose. Mean (SD) HbA1c was 5.6% (0.8%). More than a quarter (27.4%) had HbA1c-defined prediabetes. HbA1c was highest in the black, non-Hispanic race/ethnic group, inversely associated with education, and more common among the overweight/obese and physically inactive. The prevalence of diabetes defined by previous diagnosis or use of antidiabetic medication was 2.9%. Further incorporating HbA1c and glucose values, the prevalence increased to 6.8%, and among these participants, 38.9% had a previous diagnosis of diabetes (i.e., aware). Among those aware, 37.6% were treated and 64.0% were controlled (i.e., HbA1c < 7%).
conclusionsA contemporary cohort of young adults faces a historically high risk of diabetes but there is ample opportunity for early detection and intervention.
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